Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,124

The highlights of Monday, March 24th, are listed below.

Fighting

In an overnight attack on various Ukrainian regions, the Ukrainian Air Force claimed to have destroyed 97 out of 147 Russian drones. Another 25 drones reportedly died as a result of electronic warfare.
The Russian Defense Ministry claimed that its forces had taken control of the village of Sribne in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region, according to Interfax.
Four people were killed in Russian bombings of the Donetsk region, including three in a battle at Dobropillia, a town on the front lines of conflict.
According to local media reports, an explosion at a police station in the Odesa region of southern Ukraine claimed the lives of at least one person and injured several others. According to the reports, a woman entered the building carrying an explosive device in a plastic bag, according to witchcraft reports.

According to Kyiv’s regional governor Mykola Kalashnyk, Russia launched its third overnight assault on the city, inflicting injuries to a 37-year-old man and causing damage to several homes. The man was later taken to a hospital after suffering head and upper body injuries from shrapnel, according to Kalashnyk.
A 54-year-old woman was hurt and several multistory buildings were damaged in a separate attack in the southeast of Zaporizhzhia, according to the region’s government.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special envoy for the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, told Fox News that he does not believe Putin intends to invade Europe. I simply don’t understand why he wants to conquer Europe entirely. In this regard, Witkoff said, “I take him at his word.”
Zelenskyy argued that Putin should be pressured to put an end to his three-year occupation of Ukraine. In a social media post, he wrote, “We need to press Putin to give a real order to stop the strikes: The one who brought this war must take it away,” despite what we may have discussed with our partners.

In response to Moscow’s warnings that negotiations would be “difficult,” despite Washington’s hopes for “real progress,” Ukrainian and US officials met in Saudi Arabia to discuss a partial ceasefire.
Rustem Umerov, the country’s defense minister, claimed the delegations were “working through a number of complex technical issues,” but that the discussions were “productive and focused.”
He added that proposals to safeguard Ukraine’s crucial infrastructure and energy facilities were included in the discussions. We reiterated on X that the goal was a “just and lasting peace,” repeating that “we addressed key points, including energy.”
When Washington and Moscow meet in Saudi Arabia on Monday, according to the Reuters news agency, the US delegation will work toward a ceasefire and a wider stop to violence.

Source: Aljazeera